Under the Trump Administration, Chinese-manufactured imports were subject to large tariffs. China countered with a multi-pronged strategy to evade U.S. tariffs and trade restrictions. Recently, Chinese manufacturers have exploited a loophole in U.S. trade law by...
Forced labor is used around the world, particularly in the People’s Republic of China where the government continues to brutally repress Uyghurs and other ethnic groups from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The U.S. must remain firm in its unwavering...
This year, both the Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability Act (MAHSA) and the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act (SHIP) were successfully signed into law (P.L. 118-50). However, the Biden-Harris Administration has failed to meet the deadlines to...
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined The Ingraham Angle to discuss potential foreign involvement in the assassination attempts on President Trump. See below for highlights. On the involvement of foreign actors in assassination attempts on American political figures:...
Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence questioned Meta President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg on fact-checking policies at Facebook and Instagram during a hearing on the responsibility of U.S. tech companies to help secure our...
Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence delivered opening remarks during a hearing on the responsibilities of U.S. technology companies to help secure our nation from foreign influence operations in the 2024 elections. “I think...
After co-sponsoring the Earmark Elimination Act, a bill introduced by Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) to permanently ban earmarks and institute a strict two-thirds point of order against pork-barrel projects contained in legislation, Senator Rubio has joined with Sens. Toomey and McCaskill again as a co-sponsor of S. Amdt.1472.
S.Amdt. 1472, like the Earmark Elimination Act, would permanently end earmarks and could be introduced during upcoming debates on any number of issues. Otherwise, the Senate Democrat majority would have to call up the bill itself and make it the focus of debate, something unlikely to happen with them in charge. Senator Rubio will continue to work to ensure the current freeze on earmarks is made permanent.
Earlier today the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report saying for the fourth year in a row, the deficit would exceed $1 trillion. The CBO report is another piece of evidence of the failure of Washington’s leadership on the debt issue. While earmarks are a small part of the deficit, it is a symptom of the larger spending problem.